"He would definitely rail against it,"
"He would think that this is an era that is ending. But also, knowing Spence, he wouldn't do a whole lot about it. He would just kind of silently gripe, and then that'd be it."
"'Whenever I would go in someplace, people were just like, 'Spence!'"
"the end of an era."
Patton Oswalt played Spence Olchin on The King of Queens from 1998 to 2007. The CBS sitcom starred Kevin James and Leah Remini as Doug and Carrie Heffernan, with Jerry Stiller as Arthur Spooner. Spence was a self-deprecating high school friend who worked in the subway as a token booth operator selling MetroCards after tokens were phased out. New York City's subway retired MetroCards in December 2025 in favor of OMNY contactless payments. The Associated Press called the MetroCard retirement "the end of an era." Spence would likely have railed against the change while quietly griping, and Patton Oswalt became a fan favorite as recognition increased around the series' fifth or sixth season; Oswalt appears in the film GOAT.
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